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Comment by Jazradel

His name sounds like David Blaine. Probably just a coincidence, but with blizzard you can never tell.

Comment by Eisia

There is an extremely quick way for level 70 Horde to get to this guy.

Go to Shadowmoon Village in Shadowmoon Valley

Fly over the back of the town across the mountains

Go right across the gap, there will be a waterfall on your left going to nowhere

You'll see his camp right in front

Comment by Exlonox

One other reason it'd make sense for him to be the one to make the new Ashbringer would be that he makes the Illidari-Bane weapons in a quest chain. Since they are strong against demons, they are probably holy weapons, like the Ashbringer definately was.

Comment by Fergheitz

I would like to say that even his name is a little fishy. In the sense Bruce Wayne is also Batman. David Wayne may also be the son of Mograine.

Comment by shinigami27

He is wearing the Honor Hold Tabard, obtainable for those Exalted with Honor Hold.

Comment by kespec

i dont think blizzard would use 'david wayne' as continuation of the legend..

cmon guys, this guy's name is combination of David Palmer and Wayne Palmer, from the television show "24".

nonsense

Comment by phille52

Highlord Darion Mograine is the leader of the Knights of the Ebon Blade, a group of death knights sent by the Lich King to the region east of Tyr's Hand. He is the son of Alexandros Mograine, though whether he is the son previously believed to be in Outland (per the Scarlet Monastery event with Corrupted Ashbringer) is unknown.

Taken from WoWWiki. So I guess its true? So David probably isn't his other son

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Comment by okinyo

If you do the event with the corrupted ashbringer, fairbanks says his second son is located in outland, not northrend, so this guy still has a chance of being his son.

Comment by Jenrama

****SPOILERS ALERT****

If you go by the chain, a group of Scarlet/Argent Dawn forces (a 40 man raid group) assaulted Naxxramas and slew the Deathknight form of Highlord Alexandros Mograine and recovered the Corrupted Ashbringer. It was returned to the Scarlet Monastery and upon nearing Darion Mograine Alexandros Mograine appears, "lexures," and kills him, and yet another plan of the lich king was Highlord Mograine's death to provide him with Highlord Darion Mograine as a Deathknight for their eventual assault on Lights Holy Chapel so that Arthas could lure out and kill Tirion Fordring while knowing his Deathknights would fall and provide him with enough time to kill Tirion, what he did not expect was Highlord Darion Mograine would toss the Corrupted Ashbringer to Tirion Fordring and upon contact with his hand it cleansed the Ashbringer and rid Tirion of Arthas' death hold on him, Tirion charges Arthas and Arthas disappears before harm can be done to him. Tirion then extends a invitation to the Deathknights that survived to join them in the fight against Arthas' Undead Scourge with the Alliance and Horde, and from this point on you will be able to stick it out with Alliance if a race of the Alliance or Horde if of a race of the Horde. You cannot leave the Deathknight's starting area (Leads out past Tyrs Hand and Lights Holy Chapel) untill the finishing of this quest/event, and as far as my knowledge goes no one except Deathknights may enter the area of Archerus, The Ebon Hold or leave after the completion of this quest.

Comment by Stoneair

I believe this NPC felt he was important, was due to the fact that he creates the Illidari-Bane weapons to help in TBC. I guess you never know though, and possibly he was meant for the Ashbringer line stated previously, but was abandoned

Comment by Zerkz

Is David Wayne gonna have to choke a &*!@#?

Comment by petar95

Hey, can anyone tell me why I am LVL 67 and not able to do the quest for the claymore ? please let me know

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Comment by Azraelite

umm..u cant have the ashbringer in the WOTK..coz..if u go to alliance vanguard in Icecrown..ull see a guy named Tirion Fordring..and if u look closely..he is weilding it..and AFAIK...when darion passed on the corrupted ashbringer to tirion in lights chapel....when the lich king....placed a curse on tirion...it was purified.So...possibly...tirion fordring is the next ashbringer.

Comment by GrayFoxBG

I actually belive the story was liek that:1. Alexandros finds the crystal and pwns his hand.2. Several years later (10) he shows the crystal to his Crusader mates and discovers that the crystal isnt as dark as it appears to be at first look.3. They forge a weapon from that crystal wich is named The Ashbringer and Alexandros gets the title too cause he wields the blade.4. Alexandros has 2 sons: Renault and Darion. Renault is power-hungry. That makes the job of the dreadlord undercover easyer. He convinces Renault to lead his father in an ambush at Stratholme.5. Alexandros fights bravely with the unending waves of the Scourge until he is completly drained and exousted. Even then the sword and his master continue to fight.6. In the last moments alexandros drops the sword unable to fight more and then Renault appears from nowhere (it seems he watched the whole scene waiting for the rigth moment) and stabs his father with his own sword.7. The sword corrupts itself cause of the pwnage of Alexandros with such evilness.8. Alexandros is raised by Kel'Thuzad as Death Knight.9. At the same time Fairbanks returns to Scarlet Crusade and tells the story. Nooe belives him exept some people. They form the Argent Dawn wich does not care of race or affiction as long as you pwn the Scourge.10. Darion isnt part of them but soon he is recruited. He was indeed proly in Outland but he seems to be back at that time.11. He leads a party in Naxxramas where he fights with some of the boses. The party finds Alexandros and defeats him sealing his soul in the sword.12. The sword leads Darion to Scarlet Crusade hold. There the spirit of Alexandros appears and kills Renault + heals Fairbanks.13. Later Light's Hope is attacked by the Scourge. Noone knows how to stop them. Even Kel'thuzad himself is in the battle.14. Somehow Darion realizes that the only way is to unleash his fathers soul trough the sword again and he Stab himself. He does this for holy purpose and The Ashbringers answers propertly but is still not cleansed.15. Light's Hope is saved but Darion is in the hands of Kel'Thuzad and therefore Arthas.

Thats how the things happened. The things after point 9 are that way simply because Corrupted Ashbringer is not obtainable from players anymore due to the movement of Naxxramas. There fore players cannot complete the scripted scene where Renault dies. So here comes Darion. And besides thats the most logical explanation how Darion falls in the hands of the Scourge.

Comment by gamerunknown

Quests count as Shadow Moon Valley ones, not Terrokar ones.

Comment by WebScud

What tirggers his first quest? I need Shadowmoon quests, but he has nothing for me.

Comment by gothwizard

so far a ton of instances from coilfang to the botanica but nothing really interesting to say about it. Kind of worthless as the instances i did in Heroic mode "solo" at least gave me more gold than the quest itself.

Comment by CMDJOHN

I dont remember anymore where this information came, but it was from Blizzard anyway(Comics if i remember correct): The player plays the part of Highlord Darion Mograine. As the players(Scarlet Crusade and Argent Dawn strike force) assaulted Naxxramas and retrieved the Corrupted Ashbringer, it was given to Darion. He then went to the Scarlet Monastery. The Scarlet Crusade members praised him, as he walked in. He went to see his brother, Renault. Alexandros Mograine, the Ashbringer, appeared out of nowhere, and smited his son, forgiving him, but also killing him. He went to speak with (some sources say Tirion, but proven wrong as Tirion mocks Darion for "Exposing himself to the Scourge")Fairbanks, who said that only if he did something greater(In the ways of good) than that that Renault murdered Alexandros Mograine, Ashbringer would be cleansed. He then went to defend the Light's Hope chapel. He confronted the lich, Kel'Thuzad, who said "Even the Ashbringer is not enough to stop me." Darion then realised what he had to do. He said: "I love you dad" and killed himself with the sword. The sword would have been purified, but as he was risen as a Death Knight, it couldn't have been purified. However, it had enough energy now to be purified. In the Second Battle for Light's hope, he threw the sword to Tirion. Tirion, who was an extremely strong paladin, could easily cleanse the sword after Darion's sacrifice.

Later, in Northrend:

The dialogue for Guided by Honor.(By Tyrsenus)

Cleric of the Crusade says: That will be enough, Irulon.Cleric of the Crusade removes his disguise.Lord Irulon Trueblade says: Lord Fordring, you mustn't reveal yourself!Highlord Tirion Fordring says: The boy's death and, in fact, the deaths of all of the knights involved in the redemption of the blade could have been avoided.Highlord Tirion Fordring says: Their passing wieghs heavily upon my soul.Lord Irulon Trueblade says: The path of freedom has always been beset with tragedy sire. We could not risk losing you. The Order could not have survived such a blow.Highlord Tirion Fordring says: It should have been me that carried the blade. The burden was mine to bare.Highlord Tirion Fordring says: But you are right, Irulon. The price of our freedom will undoubtedly cost thousands more of their lives.Highlord Tirion Fordring yells: Do you hear me Arthas? The Silver Hand comes for you! Your kingdom shall crumble beneath the weight of justice! By the light!

This hints heavily that Ares was carrying the sword to test it, as the Argent Crusade couldn't have risked losing Tirion.Ares tried to see if the sword worked, and ventured to the catacombs below Utgarde Keep, but he wasn't strong enough to wield it, resulting in his death after the weapon is saved by the player.

Ps. Notice how you play part of many heroes here? In a quest you present the Alliance/Horde to Wrynn/Thrall, but lorewise Thassarian/Koltira Deathweaver was the first Death Knight to join the Alliance/Horde. You also play the part of Darion in Scarlet Monastery, and you play the part of an Argent Strike force in Naxxramas.

Correct me if i am wrong, as i am not familiar with the lore of the Ashbringer.

Comment by SeanDiddyCombs

Actually searching "Lil Wayne" for this...

Comment by T3hHappyEmo

I'm disappointed. 35 comments and not even one Batman reference...

Whatever happened to wowhead comment's rule of every name having to be a reference? Next thing you know claiming something to be a hunter weapon will actually earn you +'s.

Comment by Eekwibble

"You can take a man away from the Sons of Lothar, but you can't take the Sons out of him."

Ooh-err! Hello sailor!

XD

Comment by athena42

Follow These directions to get to the questline!

Capsomere on 2009/09/19 (Patch 3.2.0)Took me a while to figure this one out also, but here's how it goes: Kill Overseer Ripsaw to get Illidari-Bane Shard, which starts a quest line that will eventually lead you to this guy. Then he has several quests that count towards your Shadowmoon Valley.

Comment by willowsauce

lol he's been hiding in his refuge for 7 years now.... He says he's destined for something larger.. maybe we'll see him in a future expansion related to the downfall of the burning legion, or maybe Blizzard just forgot him in that tiny rock on the edge of the forest lol

Comment by Laurits11

"Bring me steel!"He is the Master Swordsmith in the Hearthstone cards.

Comment by jacklamejenkins

In warlords of Draenor, he stands in approximately the same location as khadgar does for the legendary ring questline, Coincidence?